ACE*COMM and Portal Form Comprehensive Billing And CRM Alliance

Two industry leaders integrate their technologies to enhance the scope of their offerings to this marketplace.

GAITHERSBURG, MD--ACE*COMM Corporation, a leading force in enterprise network management applications, has formed an alliance with Portal Software, Inc., provider of business infrastructure software for next-generation communications services.

The integration of ACE*COMM's Convergent Mediation(TM) with Infranet, Portal's customer management and billing platform, will broaden the capability for the convergent communications market. Convergent Mediation(TM) enables the organization of network usage data from a variety of network elements while assuring revenue in a complex switch and rating systems environment, and offering multiple applications access to common data. The agreement encompasses technology integration, collaborative selling and joint marketing initiatives.

"In this alliance, two industry leaders have integrated their market-leading technologies to enhance the scope of their offerings to this marketplace," said Gino Picasso, President and COO of ACE*COMM. "We provide Portal with the technology bridge for integrated service providers who are becoming more data-centric but have an established voice infrastructure."

"The relationship with ACE*COMM is important for Portal because the joint solution enhances our offering to operators providing convergent communications services," said John Janetos, director of strategic alliances at Portal Software. "This integrated offering provides a software platform that our customers can utilize to deploy, market, and sell services quickly and easily."